About

Paddy Critchley is a visual artist from Ireland. He graduated from the Limerick School of Art & Design in 2021 with a BA in Fine Art Painting. He works in Pallas Projects, Dublin.Paddy is interested in painting in its ‘high’ and ‘low’ cultural forms; on canvas, painting and decorating, and in sign-painted lettering. This body of work traces people’s stories through oral traditions in Ireland such as the singing of ballads, telling of stories and the transmission of the Irish language

Solo Exhibitions:

2024 Staidéar Neamhbheo Laois Art House
2023 Ragged Trousers The Dock Carrick on Shannon
2023 Ragged Trousers The Dunamaise Arts Centre Portlaoise

Group Exhibitions:

2024 Botanic Resource Centre, Dublin, Ireland

2024 Reside An Táin Arts Centre , Dundalk Ireland

2024 Feoil Na Teangann / The Flesh of Language, Project Arts Centre, Dublin

2024 Dlúthpháirtíocht, P21 Gallery, London

2023 Boyle Arts Festival
2023 Night Painting, Limerick City Gallery of Art
2022 PULSE, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick
2022 192nd RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
2021 The Limerick Show, Ormston House, Limerick
2021 Roadside Picnic, Galeria Pada, Barreiro, Portugal
2021 191st RHA Annual Exhibition, RHA, Dublin
2021 Curator’s Choice, The Hunt Museum, Limerick
2021 Painting Through The Lens, Belltable, Limerick
2021 Dunamaise Open Submission, Portlaoise, Co.Laois
2020 LSAD Christmas Pop Up Exhibition, The Crescent, Limerick
2020 Minimal, Birr Theatre & Arts Centre
2020 ‘Tidal’ Overlap Space, Limerick School of Art & Design
2020 Unmasked, The Peoples Museum Limerick
2020 Narrating the New Normal, Birr Vintage Week (online)
2019 Dunamaise Open Submission, curated by Robert Armstrong, The Dunamaise Arts Centre
2019 Peak Show Riverfest, Limerick
2019 Extract, Hunt Museum LSAD Exhibition
2019 Peak Show The Locke, Limerick
2018 Dunamaise Open Call, The Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise

Private Collections
The Hunt Museum, Limerick
Limerick School of Art & Design Limerick
Limerick City Gallery of Art

Laois County Council

Awards:

2024 Visual Artists Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
2023 Visual Artists Bursary, Arts Council of Ireland
2022 The Agility Award, Arts Council of Ireland
2021 Collector General Award, Limerick School of Art & Design
2021 The De Veres Award, for Artwork of Significance, RHA Annual Exhibition,

Talks

2024 Stáideair Neamhbheo in Conversation with Jock Nichol, Laois Art House, Laois
2023 Talk, Visiting Lecturer Limerick School of Art & Design
2023 Ragged Trousers Conversation with Sarah Searson Dunamaise Arts Centre
2023 Ragged Trousers Conversation and song with Sean McKenna
2023 Night Painting with Cristín Leech
2022 The Artist’s Well https://youtu.be/hlhVmLTJNZw